Boys' name · since 2009
Karden
Karden has 82 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,727 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 82
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karden sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 82 recorded since 2009.
Social Security Administration records show Karden recorded 82 times among boys since 2009, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2023.
- #18,727 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 82 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Karden ranks #18,727 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 82 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,727 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 82
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Karden's 82 recorded births place it above 58.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Karden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Karden's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Karden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2023
- Peak year (2017)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Karden by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (64 births, 78% of the file).
2010s was Karden's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Karden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 64 births (78% of all-time use).
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- Karden's decade-level peak was the 2010s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~14 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Karden draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.